EP0224501B1 - Dispositif d'empilage d'objets uniformes, notamment en forme de plaques - Google Patents

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EP0224501B1
EP0224501B1 EP86902801A EP86902801A EP0224501B1 EP 0224501 B1 EP0224501 B1 EP 0224501B1 EP 86902801 A EP86902801 A EP 86902801A EP 86902801 A EP86902801 A EP 86902801A EP 0224501 B1 EP0224501 B1 EP 0224501B1
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Erhard GÖSSL
Hans Lutz
Peter SCHÖTTLE
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K13/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or adjusting assemblages of electric components
    • H05K13/02—Feeding of components
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K13/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing or adjusting assemblages of electric components
    • H05K13/0061—Tools for holding the circuit boards during processing; handling transport of printed circuit boards
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G65/00—Loading or unloading
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G5/00—Recording members for original recording by exposure, e.g. to light, to heat, to electrons; Manufacture thereof; Selection of materials therefor
    • G03G5/02—Charge-receiving layers
    • G03G5/04—Photoconductive layers; Charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers; Additives therefor; Binders therefor
    • G03G5/06—Photoconductive layers; Charge-generation layers or charge-transporting layers; Additives therefor; Binders therefor characterised by the photoconductive material being organic

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  • the invention relates to a stacking device according to the preamble of the main claim. It is known to place uniform, in particular plate-shaped parts from a supply individually on a conveyor belt and to stack them in a container after passing through one or more processing stations. For example, circuits with small dimensions are produced in series production by first coating a large number of small areas of a certain configuration with an insulating material, for example glass or ceramic, on a relatively large, thin metal plate. A conductor layer, for example made of tantalum, is then applied to this plate. This is usually done by evaporating or dusting the coating material in an evacuable recipient.
  • an insulating material for example glass or ceramic
  • the method is based on placing the plates in a vacuum chamber (recipient) which contains a target consisting of the coating material, then introducing an atomizing gas, for example argon, into the chamber at reduced pressure and applying an electrical voltage to the target for generation a plasma is placed between the target and the plate, as a result of which a coating of the target material is deposited on the plate.
  • the plates pass through the coating station continuously at the speed specified by the conveyor belt.
  • the plates coated on one side and over the entire surface are then stacked in a container arranged inside the chamber, in which they remain until they have cooled sufficiently.
  • the plates brought up by the conveyor are placed in the container in such a way that the layer side and the back of two adjacent plates lie one on top of the other.
  • the plates removed from the container are etched outside the chamber to produce the conductor structure.
  • the sheets are then punched out of the plate and provided with connecting wires.
  • Plates that were stacked in the vacuum chamber in the manner described above showed different etching behavior in the area of the insulating layer during subsequent etching processes.
  • the conductor layer was very difficult to etch away in some areas of the coated surfaces and therefore led to undercuts in other areas. The reason for this is that abrasion of the uncoated rear side of the plates occurs due to relative movements of the stacked plates and that the weight of the stack also creates pressure points at the raised points of the insulating layer, within which the coating material is compressed.
  • the stacking device according to the invention with the characterizing features of the main claim has the advantage that the phenomena described above, in particular an abrasion and imprint of the backs of the plates on the layer side of the respective overlying plate, can no longer occur. This significantly improved the etching behavior of the extremely thin conductor layers and reduced the reject rate.
  • the absorption capacity of the parts container is not significantly reduced by the use of intermediate layers, since these can consist of very thin, smooth-faced material.
  • the intermediate layers can also serve to protect other stackable parts with a uniform shape, the surface of which has a sensitive material and / or structure.
  • DE-OS-2 229 254 refers to stackable parts that can be accommodated in frames if their shape or fragility does not allow immediate stacking. These are parts that are used in frames before stacking, which enable these parts to be stacked.
  • the intermediate layers are designed as inherently rigid frames, which rest on edge regions of the front and rear of the deposited parts.
  • the width of these frames can be dimensioned such that they only come into contact with the plate outside of a usable area to be protected. This creates a gap between two adjacent plates, which ensures a uniform cooling of the plates in the case of previously heated plates.
  • a type which is particularly suitable for automatically operating stacking devices is that the intermediate layers are stacked in a magazine and that a device is provided in the magazine for transporting or releasing an intermediate layer in each case between two successive parts trays.
  • a space-saving design can be achieved in that the magazine and the device for transporting or releasing the intermediate layers are arranged within the container used to store the parts.
  • a special magazine for the intermediate layers is dispensable if, according to a further feature of the invention, the container receiving the deposited parts is designed as a magazine for the intermediate layers.
  • a particularly expedient design which works with gravity and only requires a release device for the intermediate layers, is that the container is open to the conveyor and is movable against the stacking direction during the stacking process, and that the intermediate layers are stored in the container while leaving a free space for depositing a part in each case.
  • FIG. 1 shows a stacking device integrated in a coating system in a schematic illustration
  • FIG. 2 shows an enlarged view with details of the stacking device according to FIG. 1
  • FIG. 3 shows a part of the stacking container shown in FIG. 1 in longitudinal section
  • FIG. 4 shows the arrangement according to FIG. 3 in a cross section .
  • FIG. 1 denotes a housing which can be closed in a vacuum-tight manner and to which a lock 2 for inserting a rod magazine 4 movable on rails 2a in the direction of the double arrow 3 is fastened.
  • the magazine 4 is filled with metal plates 5, one surface of which is to be coated with a conductor substrate, for example tantalum.
  • a clamping gripper 6 Arranged above the magazine 4 in the housing 1 is a clamping gripper 6 that can be moved up and down in the vertical direction, which removes the plates 5 individually from the magazine 4 and lifts them to such an extent that they grips a conveyor device 8 from the edge of the rotating, angled substrate receptacles 7 will.
  • the conveyor has an endless conveyor belt 9 which runs over deflection rollers 10, at least one of which is sprung.
  • the conveyor belt 9 is driven in the direction of arrow 11.
  • the rigid substrate receptacles are attached to the conveyor belt in such a way that they follow the deflection without changing their shape.
  • the conveyor belt 9 has an obliquely upward section 12 which merges into a horizontal section 13. This section is followed by a section 14 directed obliquely downwards.
  • At the end of the section 14 marked by a deflection roller 10 is the point at which the parts 5 are thrown off the conveyor belt 9 by tilting the substrate receptacles 7.
  • the conveyor belt expediently has two parallel link chains which engage the toothing of the deflection rollers and between which the substrate receptacles 7 are fastened.
  • the substrate coating zone In the area of section 12 of the conveyor belt 9 is the substrate coating zone, of which a water-cooled cathode 15 with the material to be dusted on, which is connected to a high-frequency generator, is shown in FIG.
  • the container 16 is seated on a support bracket 21, which is movably guided in the vertical direction by means of several rollers 22 on a rail 23 attached to the housing 1.
  • a nut 24 is fastened to the support bracket 21 and is penetrated by a threaded spindle 25.
  • the spindle 25 is supported at one end on the guide rail 23, while the other end is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a shaft 26 which can be driven by a motor (not shown) via an angular drive consisting of two bevel gears 27, 28 and a releasable coupling 29.
  • the mother 24 is divided, i.e. it consists of two threaded half-shells, which in the open state allow the support bracket 21 to be displaced with respect to the threaded spindle 25.
  • intermediate layers 30 are provided which are introduced between two successive plates 5 during the stacking process.
  • These intermediate layers are designed as frames which rest only on edge regions of the layer and rear sides of the stacked plates 5.
  • Each of the frames open towards the conveyor belt 9 consists of two parallel legs 31 and a transverse web 32 connecting them. Near the rear boundary edge, an axis 33 is fastened to the web, which engages in bores 34 which pass through the parallel side walls 17, 18 of the container 16 are trained.
  • the holes are vertically one above the other.
  • the parallel legs 31 of the frame are angled at their free end. With these bends 35 they are supported on two strips 36, 37 which run parallel to one another and extend within the container in the direction of movement thereof.
  • the strips 36, 37 form a device for releasing a frame during operation of the system. Between the free ends of the strips 37, 38 and the bottom of the container 16 there is a free space 38 for tipping the coated plates 5 from the conveyor belt 9 into the container 16.
  • the container 16 and the strips 36, 37 are detachably connected to one another by means of a threaded screw 39.
  • Another threaded screw 39a is used for releasably attaching the strips 36, 37 to a plate 40 of the magazine device.
  • the threaded spindle 25 is turned freely above its lower bearing 41 so that the nut 24 does not get stuck when the. Container 16 filled, but the drive is not yet disengaged.
  • a vertically sprung plate 42 is also provided, on which the support bracket 21 strikes at the end of the stacking process when the container is completely lowered.
  • the container 16 removed from the housing 1 is tilted after emptying so that the intermediate layers 30 align approximately parallel to the longitudinal edges of the side walls 17, 18 of the container.
  • the two strips 36, 37 which are connected to one another by a web 43 at one end, are then inserted into the container 16 through two recesses formed in the connecting strip 20 and fastened to the container 16 by means of the threaded screw 39.
  • the intermediate layers 30 are brought into the position shown in FIG. 3, in which they are supported with their bends 35 at an incline on the strips 36, 37. Now the container 16 can be placed in the housing 1 on the support bracket 21.
  • the support bracket 21 is moved upwards with the nut 24 with the container 16 until the threaded screw 39a can be attached to the plate 40 of the magazine device for fastening the strips 36, 37.
  • the nut 24 is closed and the threaded screw 39 is removed.
  • the container 16 thus sits on the support bracket 21 held by the threaded spindle 25, while the strips 36, 37 are held by the plate 40 of the magazine device.
  • the support bracket 21 with the container 16 is lowered until the strips 36, 37 release the lowermost intermediate layer 30 and this falls under the influence of gravity onto the bottom 19 of the container 16.
  • a storage magazine 4 with uncoated plates 5 is inserted, the housing 1 is closed and evacuated.
  • the conveyor belt 9 is switched on. At the appropriate time, the feed for the magazine 4 and the drive for the threaded spindle 24 are connected to the drive of the conveyor 9 via the respective coupling, but the threaded spindle is only coupled in when the first coated plate 5 has been thrown into the container by the conveyor belt 9.
  • the threaded spindle 25 runs synchronously with the conveyor belt 9, such that each time a coated plate 5 is deposited in the container 16 by the strips 36, 37 an intermediate layer 30 is released, which falls on the back of the last stacked plate and this from the layer side of the then discarded disc. This process is repeated during the continuous lowering of the container 16 until the roller-guided support bracket 21 hits the spring-loaded plate 42, which yields under the weight of the filled container until the nut 24 is in the freely rotated section of the threaded spindle 25.
  • the drives can now be switched off and, after a cooling phase, the filled container 16 can be removed from the housing 1.
  • the plate 5 has a plurality of flat zones 44 which have been provided with an insulating layer before being coated with conductor material. After the plates have been removed from the container 16, the circuit structure is applied, etched and finally the zones are punched out of the plate and processed individually. It is essential that the sensitive zones 44 are separated by the intermediate layer 30 from the rear of the respective underlying plate during the stacking process, forming an intermediate space, the intermediate layers themselves being in contact with the plates 5 due to their frame-like design outside the useful area.
  • the container 16 receiving the coated plates 5 is also designed as a magazine for the intermediate layers 30.
  • a magazine separate from the container 16, which is arranged in the container 16 or outside the same could also be provided for accommodating the intermediate layers.
  • intermediate layers could also be used which are chained together at one end and lie on top of one another in a zigzag shape, each including a plate.

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Le dispositif d'empilage d'objets uniformes (5), notamment en forme de plaques, comporte une installation de transport (8) et un récipient (16) dans lequel les objets (5) amenés par l'installation de transport (8) sont placés face frontale contre dos. Afin de protéger la surface des objets, ceux-ci sont séparés les uns des autres par des pièces intermédiaires (30) introduites séparément.

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1. Dispositif d'empilage d'objets uniformes, notamment en forme de plaques, avec un dispositif de transport et un récipient, dans lequel les objets amenés par le dispositif de transport sont déposés côté avant contre côté arrière, caractérisé en ce que les objets déposés (5) sont séparés les une des autres par des couches intermédiaires (30) alimentées séparément, qui sont réalisées sous forme de cadre de forme rigide, appuyant sur les zones de bordure des côtés avant et arrière des objets déposés (5).
2. Dispositif d'empilage selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les couches intermédiaires (30) sont disposées dans un magasin, et en ce qu'il est prévu dans le magasin un dispositif de transport ou de libération de chaque fois une couche intermédiaire entre deux dépôts d'objet successifs.
3. Dispositif d'empilage selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le magasin et le dispositif de transport ou de libération des couches intermédiaires (30) sont disposés à l'intérieur du récipient (16) servant à déposer les objets (5).
4. Dispositif d'empilage selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le récipient (16) recevant les objets (5) déposés est réalisé sous forme de magasin pour les couches intermédiaires (30).
5. Dispositif d'empilage selon la revendication 4, caractérisé en ce que le récipient (16) est ouvert vers le dispositif de transport (8) et mobile pendant le processus d'empilage, à l'opposé du sens d'empilage, et en ce que les couches intermédiaires (30) sont placées dans le récipient en laissant subsister un espace libre (38) pour déposer chaque fois un objet (5).
6. Dispositif d'empilage selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que les couches intermédiaires (30) sont placées pivotantes sur deux parois (17, 18) parallèles, à proximité de leur arête de délimitation arrière, et s'appuient avec leur arête opposée, tournée vers le dispositif de transport (8), en position inclinée des couches intermédiaires sur des bandes (36, 37) disposées fixes par rapport à l'appareil et s'étendant dans le sens du déplacement du récipient (16).
7. Dispositif d'empilage selon la revendication 5 ou 6, caractérisé en ce qu'un support réalisé de préférence sous forme de pièce de cornière (21) est affecté au récipient (16), support guidé de manière mobile continue dans le sens de déplacement du récipient.
8. Dispositif d'empilage selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce qu'une transmission dont le taux d'avance est déterminé en fonction de celui du dispositif de transport (8) sert à produire un déplacement continu du récipient (16).
9. Dispositif d'empilage selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que la transmission contient une broche filetée (25) montée fixe par rapport à l'appareil et traversant un écrou (24) fixé sur le support (16), écrou se composant de deux demi coquilles filetées ouvrantes.
10. Dispositif d'empilage selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce qu'un embrayage (29) est disposé entre la broche filetée (25) et un moteur entraînant celle-ci.
EP86902801A 1985-06-12 1986-05-14 Dispositif d'empilage d'objets uniformes, notamment en forme de plaques Expired EP0224501B1 (fr)

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